September 3
Events

Sep 3

Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee Meeting,
Washington,
DC.
OSHA will hold a meeting of the Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee in Washington, D.C. WPAC was established to advise and make recommendations to the secretary of labor and the assistant secretary for occupational safety and health on ways to improve the fairness, efficiency, effectiveness and transparency of OSHA's whistleblower protection activities. The tentative agenda includes remarks from Dr. David Michaels, assistant secretary of labor for occupational safety and health; discussion of committee and work group reports; invited reports from other agencies or the public regarding whistleblower enforcement; administrative business and public comments.

Sep 3

Designing for the Future: Building Accessible Technology for the Workplace,
Washington ,
DC.
The ODEP-funded Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technology (PEAT) will host the second in its series of webinars on Wednesday, September 3, 2014 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. EDT. Designing for the Future: Building Accessible Technology for the Workplace will explore the numerous advantages to developing and marketing workplace technology products that are accessible to all users, including those with disabilities. Join PEAT's guest speakers to learn why accessibility matters to a company and its customers. Speakers will include Jim Tobias, owner of Inclusive Technologies and principal of Raising the Floor and the Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure (GPII) Project; Dennis Amorosano, vice president and general manager of the Marketing Division of the Business Imaging Solutions Group at Canon USA; Katie Cunningham, developer at Cox Media Group and author of "Accessibility Handbook: Making 508-Compliant Websites”; and Laurie Ellington, manager of State Government Affairs at the CTIA-The Wireless Association.